White Men Can't Jump (1992)

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Wikidata Q686168, film, IMDb tt0105812, TMDB 10158: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Rosie Perez as actor (Fearless with Timothy Simons); 3 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

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Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

F1: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): F1 → White Men Can't Jump. The movie dodged the White Men Can't Jump interracial-buddy joke.
    “like white man can't jump.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Rosie Perez: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career run): Rosie Perez → White Men Can't Jump. Soon after this movie Rosie Perez had a great run through White Men Can't Jump, Fearless, and Untamed Heart.
    “I mean, white men can't jump. It's not that it's pretty soon after this, and she's amazing in that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:57:53 · Wesley Morris (0.75 sure it was them)

Russell Boyd: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (filmography-contrast): Russell Boyd → White Men Can't Jump. Boyd's 90s credits (White Men Can't Jump, Operation Dumbo Drop, Tin Cup, Liar Liar, Dr. Dolittle) were well shot but unremarkable; he likely craved a challenge.
    “I'm looking at Russell Boyd's 90s and it's like white man can't jump.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:28:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Species: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Species → White Men Can't Jump. Sil should have hustled people at the Venice courts like White Men Can't Jump.
    “Why can't she stop by the Venice courts and do a white white man can't jump?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:55 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (filmography-contrast): Russell Boyd → White Men Can't Jump. Boyd's 90s credits (White Men Can't Jump, Operation Dumbo Drop, Tin Cup, Liar Liar, Dr. Dolittle) were well shot but unremarkable; he likely craved a challenge.
    “I'm looking at Russell Boyd's 90s and it's like white man can't jump.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:28:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career run): Rosie Perez → White Men Can't Jump. Soon after this movie Rosie Perez had a great run through White Men Can't Jump, Fearless, and Untamed Heart.
    “I mean, white men can't jump. It's not that it's pretty soon after this, and she's amazing in that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:57:53 · Wesley Morris (0.75 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): F1 → White Men Can't Jump. The movie dodged the White Men Can't Jump interracial-buddy joke.
    “like white man can't jump.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Species → White Men Can't Jump. Sil should have hustled people at the Venice courts like White Men Can't Jump.
    “Why can't she stop by the Venice courts and do a white white man can't jump?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:55 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about White Men Can't Jump: Garfield's dream: a sequel where white men still can't jump, set in London's subterranean basketball culture.
    “where white men still can't jump”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:40:40 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

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